Fife Council

Scottish university proposes huge new student accommodation project

16.08.2019

Roger Milne

Fife Council | Housing | Scotland | St Andrews | student accommodation

The University of St Andrews has announced a fresh planning application to provide 960 student beds at Albany Park. It says this will ease the pressure on the town’s housing stock.
Masterplan approved for major expansion of St Andrews

31.05.2019

Roger Milne

Fife Council | Housing | Plan Making - Master Planning | Scotland | St Andrews

Fife Council has ratified the masterplan for a significant expansion of the historic university town of St Andrews with hundreds of new homes, land for university and employment use, a care home, a secondary school, a hotel and a local centre with shops.
£11m Fife golf course approved

09.04.2018

Laura Edgar

Fife | Fife Council | golf course | Leisure & Tourism | Scotland

Fife Council’s North East Fife planning committee has approved Dunbarnie Golf Link Limited’s application for an 18-hole pay-as-you-go golf course near Lower Largo.
Masterplan submitted for 1,000-home development at St Andrews

23.02.2018

Roger Milne

Fife Council | Housing | Infrastructure - Transport | mixed-use | Scotland | St Andrews

A masterplan has been submitted to Fife Council for a major development to the west of St Andrews, designed to provide more than 1,000 new homes, 30 per cent of which will be affordable housing.
Plans submitted for 1,400-home development near Dunfermline

01.06.2017

Roger Milne

dunfermline | Fife Council | Housing | Scotland

Developer Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has submitted two applications for planning permission in principle for a proposed mixed-use development of 1,400 homes at Halbeath, a former mining village north-east of Dunfermline in Fife.
News analysis: Scottish planning review – What do you think?

11.07.2016

Laura Edgar

Burness Paull LLP | Fife Council | Housing | Infrastructure | Jigsaw Planning | Scotland | Scottish Federation of Housing Associations | Scottish Government | scottish planning

It was announced last year that Scotland’s planning system would undergo a “root and branch review”, as part of the Scottish Government’s programme A Stronger Scotland.
News in Brief: Scottish council calls for planning reforms to boost local economy; local plan expert group calls for evidence

29.09.2015

Laura Edgar

England | Fife | Fife Council | Green party | Housing | Infrastructure | Local plans | planning | RTPI | Scotland | UK

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 29 September, 2015
News in brief: Fife Local Plan examined; Scout Moor wind farm expanded; pylons removed from UK beauty spots

15.09.2015

Martha Harris

cumbria | Fife Council | Heathrow Airport | Infrastructure | Regeneration | RTPI | Scout Moor wind farm | UK

A round-up of UK planning news: Tuesday 15 September, 2015
£1bn Scottish city deal submitted

04.09.2015

Laura Edgar

City Deal | City of Edinburgh council | Devolution | East Lothian council | Fife Council | Infrastructure | Midloathian council | Scotland | Scottish Borders council | West Lothian council

The £1 billion Edinburgh and South East of Scotland City Region deal has been submitted today to the UK and Scottish governments.
Fife Council approves new neighbourhood for Kirkaldy

06.11.2014

Roger Milne

Fife | Fife Council | Housing | Kirkcaldy | Murray Estates | planning permission | primary school | Scotland

A significant expansion of the Fife town of Kirkcaldy has been green-lit, paving the way for delivery of more than 1,000 homes, a primary school, shops and community centre.